Archbold & Chaudhry Meet

It’s a quiet early Sunday morning, Archbold just poured himself a hot cup of coffee. He then decides to go outside with his laptop and sit on his patio over-looking the early morning sunrise. He pulls out his laptop from his laptop case and begins to check the feedback on his article, “The Death of Pretty”. He is always interested to see what his readers have to say about his articles. While overlooking his feedback, a link for similar articles popped up on his side page. Interested to see what others had written, Archbold curiously clicked on the link and selected the first article on the list. The first article he clicks on is, “Men Growing Up to be Boys” by Lakshmi Chaudhry. As Archbold begins to read the article he becomes overwhelmed with excitement on how similar he and the authors’ opinions were. Without even looking at any of the other articles posted, Archbold immediately looks up the author. To his surprise, a female pops up when he types in the authors’ name. He thought it was fascinating how spot on a female could be about the male genders role. He then decides to email Chaudhry and express his interest for her article. He tells her about his similar article and asks her if she would like to meet up for coffee later in the evening and exchange thoughts and opinions over the two articles. Chaudhry is honored by the email of appreciation and decides to look up Archbold’s article to see how legit this Archbold author really is. To her surprise, she was just as amazed by his article as he was by hers. She then agrees to meet up for coffee. The time for them to meet for coffee finally rolls around, after they had both been anxiously waiting. They both arrive at Starbucks, the most convenient meeting spot for both of them. They both order coffee and sit down and begin to get to know each other. They talk for hours as if they were old friends just catching up. Archbold expresses how much he agrees with her views on how the male figure should act and how media is corrupting the way men “should” act or be viewed. Chaudhry then expresses her respect for the “pretty” lifestyle, as well, and how she is completely against the “hot” lifestyle that women nowadays like to portray. She also expresses her belief for the media corrupting women into swaying towards the “hot” lifestyle. They both were so pleased with how the coffee meet up went and were so excited about how much they agreed on and decided to keep in touch and meet up for coffee again soon.